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Thursday, May 28, 2015

100 Bows on Jeju Island

Each morning activists do 100 bows at the front gate of the Navy base currently being built in Gangjeong village on Jeju Island, South Korea. The base will port US Navy warships including aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, and Aegis destroyers which will be used in Obama's 'pivot' of Pentagon forces aimed at China.

As they do each bow these words are read on a loud speaker.

1. While holding in my heart that truth gives freedom to life I make
my first bow.

2. Believing that the first step in solving a problem is self
reflection I make my second bow.

3. Looking back at my foolishness of living without knowing the root
meaning of life I make my third bow.

4. Recalling how I have been unable to live my life seeking truth
based on facts I make my fourth bow.

5. Being struck by the crisis of life, the crisis of peace in today's
culture I make my fifth bow.

6. Holding in my heart the fact that anti-life and anti-human
contradictions and dangers have their origin in my own dualistic world
view I make my sixth bow.

7. As I hold in my heart that possessions create other possessions and
wars only give birth to other wars and cannot solve problems I make my
seventh bow.

8. As I hold in my heart that it is illusory to think that riches and
first place bring happiness I make my eighth bow.

9. As I hold in my heart my embarrassment over my ignorance for not
knowing what is my role in the world I make my ninth bow.

10. As I hold in my heart that the way to life-peace is a life of
relationship where I and thou have existence dependent on each other I
make my tenth bow.

11. As I hold in my heart that the way to life-peace is to know and
cultivate oneself from the viewpoint of life I make my eleventh bow.

12. As I hold in my heart that the way to life-peace is to accept the
world's pain as my own pain I make my twelfth bow.

13. As I hold in my heart the truth that true love of self is to love
my neighbor as myself I make my thirteenth bow.

14. As I hold in my heart that the way to life-peace is reflection
responsive to the realities of my life I make my fourteenth bow.

15. As I hold in my heart the words that show the way for a life of
truth to be understood and put into practice by anyone I make my
fifteenth bow.

16. As I hold in my heart that the way to life-peace is a penetrating
vision of the truth of existence and the truth of life, just as they
are, I make my sixteenth bow.

17. As I hold in my heart that the way to life-peace is listening
intently to the sound of oneself and the sound of the world I make my
seventeenth bow.

18. As I hold in my heart that the way to lead the reform of the world
is to reform one's own life I make my eighteenth bow.

19. Recalling the times my life on the inside and on the outside was
not able to be straightforward I make my nineteenth bow.

20. As I hold in my heart that life-peace is of value greater than
anything else in the world I make my twentieth bow.

21. In order to set up my life not strapped by language but have
existence regulate language I make my twenty-first bow.

22. In order to set up a sense of values and a way of life that is not
a slave of money I make my twenty-second bow.

23. In order to strengthen my philosophy and beliefs of a life free
from a sense of relative deprivation I make my twenty-third bow.

24. In order to strengthen a life that overcomes the artificial order
made by human greed and respect the order of the natural cosmos I make
my twenty-fourth bow.

25. As I savor the first paragraph of the book of life-peace that thoroughly describes a geological world view based on the facts of
life I make my twenty-first bow.

26. As I hold in my heart the truth of the cosmos's life that one
thing's existence is a condition for another thing's existence I make
my twenty-sixth bow.

27. As I hold in my heart the truth of the cosmos's life that the
non-existence of another thing is the condition for the non-existence
of this thing I make my twenty-seventh bow.

28. As I hold in my heart the eternal truth of order in the universe,
inter-dependency, support, creation and obliteration, I make my
twenty-eighth bow.

29. As I reflect on the fact that existing life is intertwined like a
net I make my twenty-ninth bow.

30. As I savor the second paragraph of the book of life-peace that
thoroughly describes how life in the universe is in fact originally a
community of one body, one life I make my thirtieth bow.

31. As I hold in my heart that all life depends on nature and exists
as a living community I make my thirty-first bow.

32. As I hold in my heart that our country depends on its neighboring
countries and lives as a community of nations I make my thirty-second
bow.

33. As I hold in my heart that our religion depends on neighboring
religions and acts as a community of religions I make my thirty-third
bow.

34. As I hold in my heart that our village depends on neighboring
villages and lives as a community of villages I make my thirty-fourth
bow.

35. As I hold in my heart that our family depends on neighboring
families and lives as a community of families I make my thirty-fifth
bow.

36. As I hold in my heart that I depend the other and I live as a
community of life I make my thirty sixth bow.

37. As I hold in my heart that all beings depend on each other,
support each other, and live as an eternal community of existence I
make my thirty-seventh bow.

38. As I hold in my heart that community life becomes blessed only
when it walks in the truth of mutual dependence and help I make my
thirty-eighth bow.

39. As I savour the third paragraph of the book of life-peace
repenting a life lived selfishly I make my thirty-ninth bow.

40. As I repent a selfish human-centered life that treats nature, the
root of life recklessly, I make my fortieth bow.

41. As I repent my selfish life centered on my own country,
overlooking the importance of our neighboring country, which our
country depends on, I make my forty-first bow.

42. As I repent my closed way of life centered on my own religion,
disobeying the will of the originator and not recognizing the dignity
of neighboring religions I make my forty-second bow.

43. As I repent my selfish way of life centered on my family and
failing to give thanks to neighboring families on whom we depend I
make my forty-third bow.

44. As I repent my selfish way of life centered on myself, treating
lightly the dignity of the other, who is the parent of my life, I make
my forty-fourth bow.

45. As I repent my life selfishly and wrongly centered on my own
groups, my country, my religion, my family, I make my forty-fifth bow.

46. As I repent my life of wrong self-love, with its logic of power
and possession, of competition and dominance, I make my forty-sixth
bow.

47. As I savour the fourth paragraph of the book of life-peace on how
to serve and honor all life I make my forty-seventh bow.

48. As I resolve to live by the truth that human life and security and
happiness comes from first honoring nature as the God of my life I
make my forty-eighth bow.

49. As I resolve to live by the truth that my country's security and
peacefulness comes from honoring my neighboring country as God of my
own country I make my forty-ninth bow.

50. As I resolve to live by the truth that my religion's true light
comes from honoring my neighboring religion as God of my religion I
make my fiftieth bow.

51. As I resolved to treat my neighbor as one of God’s family and I
realize this will guide my family in a secure, happy and truthful way,
I make my fifty first bow.

52. As I resolve to live by the truth that my security and
peacefulness comes when I treat others as the living God, I make my
fifty second bow.

53. As I deeply comprehend reality and lead a life of contentment,
which is the fifth article of the Life and Peace Scripture, I make my
fifty third bow.

54. As I resolve to discard the human egoistic greed to exploit
nature, I make my fifty fourth bow.

55. As I resolve to let go of chauvinistic nationalism which makes
other countries insecure, I make my fifty fifth bow.

56. As I resolve to let go of the superiority of my religion which
makes other faiths insecure, I make my fifty sixth bow.

57. As I resolve to abandon family-centered ideas which make other
families insecure, I make my fifty seventh bow.

58. As I resolve to let of egoistic thoughts which make others suffer,
I make my fifty eighth bow.

59. As I respect and become thankful for the values of natural world,
I make my fifty ninth bow.

60. As I respect and become thankful for the values and traits of
other nations, I make my sixtieth bow.

61. As I respect and become thankful for the values and traits of
other faiths, I make my sixty first bow.

62. As I respect and become thankful for the values and personalities
of other families, I make my sixty second bow.

63. As I respect and become thankful for the values and traits of
other people, I make my sixty third bow.

64. As I realize that mutual cooperation and helping each other is the
path towards a truthful life, I make my sixty fourth bow.

65. As I understand that the truthful path of mutual cooperation can
be realized by our reflection and sacred aspirations, I make my sixty
fifth bow.

66. As I deeply understand that my vow of Truth and Peace is the
corner stone of my life, I make my sixty sixth bow.

67. As I deeply resolve in my heart not to inflict psychological or
physical violence in any circumstance, which is the first article of
the vow of Life and Peace, I make my sixty seventh bow.

68. As I repent for all my transgressions of a psychological, verbal,
sexual, economic and social nature, I make my sixty eighth bow.

69. As I regret that I was resentful not toward myself but toward
society, I make my sixty ninth bow.

70. As I resolve to treat everyone wherever and whenever with a
peaceful mind and action, I make my seventieth bow.

71. As I resolve to become thankful for the friendship of all living
beings, I make my seventy first bow.

72. As I resolve to respect all lives without any prejudice and bias,
I make seventy second bow.

73. As I resolve to live in a humble and diligent way in order to
abandon injustice within myself as well as in this society, I make my
seventy third bow.

74. As I resolve to resist all kinds of prejudice and all causes of
violence, I make my seventy fourth bow.

75. As I understand and respect others and thus realize my life
shines, I make my seventy fifth bow.

76. As I resolve to have the attitude of deep listening and
conversation, which is the third article of Life and Peace Vow, I make
my seventy sixth bow.

77. As I remember that the beginning of violence starts from my
opinionated ideas and hatred towards others because of differences, I
make my seventy seventh bow.

78. As I remember that I need to learn the history, but need to be
liberated from the past, I make my seventy eighth bow.

79. As I resolve to solve all matters in a candid and humble way and
treat others with great patience and generosity, I make my seventy
ninth bow.

80. As I protect all human’s freedom of expression and diversity of
all cultures, I make my eightieth bow.

81. As I resolve to live the fire of sharing and modesty, which is the
fourth article of Life and Peace Vow, I make my eighty first bow.

82. As I am certain of the truth that the life of frugality is the
path for eternal progress, I make my eighty second bow.

83. As I resolve to live my life by respecting and helping others, I
make my eighty third bow.

84. As I resolve to create the peace village within myself first, I
make my eighty fourth bow.

85. As I resolve to protect all lives and their environments which is
the fifth article of Life and Peace Vow, I make my eighty fifth bow.

86. As I repent that my way of living has polluted the environment, I
make my eighty sixth bow.

87. As I ponder that the path to help nature, farming village,
agriculture is the way to make all living beings alive, I make my
eighty seventh bow.

88. As I resolve to protect all eco-systems and respect all the cycles
of natural lives, I make my eighty eighth bow.

89. As I resolve to become the pioneer who realizes the peace of the
Korean peninsula, which is the sixth article of Life and Peace Vow, I
make my eighty ninth bow.

90. As I understand that peace can be realized only through the action
of truth, love and non-violence, I make my ninth bow..

91. As I resolve to become the pioneer to actualize non-violence and
prevent the war in Korea, I make my ninety first vow.

92. As I resolve to resist with non-violence any kind of authority,
custom and violence that make people unhappy, I make my ninety second
bow.

93. As I resolve to study and practice the truth, which is the seventh
article of Life and Peace Vow, I make my ninety third bow.

94. As I realize that my spiritual study and practice to calm my mind
is the path to realize peace in the world, I make my ninety fourth
bow.

95. As I realize the path to cure and purify my mind is the way to
realize peace in the world, I make my ninety fifth bow.

96. As I realize that my small deeds of non-violence, words and
thoughts are the foundation of world peace, I make my ninety sixth
bow.

97. As I realize that I am the light of life and peace, I make my
ninety seventh bow.

98. As I pray that the light which I illuminates shines on my
neighbors and this society, I make my ninety eighth bow.

99. As I pray that all people become the light of life and peace and
this illuminates the world, I make my ninety ninth bow.

100. As I pray that the light that I kindle leads all sentient beings
to live in peace and happiness, I make my one hundredth bow.